On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 03:24:09PM +0200, Georg Baum wrote: > Andre Poenitz wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 10:01:16AM +0200, Georg Baum wrote: > >> - Why don't you stop the windows installer nonsense? > > > > Because I already wasted half a year of my lifetime on Windows installers > > and I won't touch them even with a three yard pole unless there was a > > _really good reason_. > > The windows installer problem is IMHO not a technical one, so no need to > touch any installer code.
Well, from what I see on the user's list there _are_ technical problems like windows staying open, ASpell not being found or something like that. [I don't even know which of the installers this relates to...] > >> The two versions are wasting far more resouces than qt3 could have > >> ever wasted, because there is no date in sight for the merging, and > >> because far more people are involved. > > > > You may be right. I ignored that battle so far. Would you think it > > helped if I just threw a dice and removed one of them [I am rather > > more than less serious here]? > > You should know by now that such dictator-like behaviour is always wrong > IMO. Besides that the problem is not that there are two installers in svn. > The problem is that there are two installers visible for the users. 'Removing' can have a larger scope than removing something from svn. Well... does anyone feel like this should be resolved, if so in parallel or after the (unrelated) build system stuff? Andre'
